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103. CHARACE^. 
11. .A', prolifera (Kiitz.); st. stout sterile I rancklets 6 — 20 
simple acute 3— 5-jointed, fertile branchlets many densely 
crowded divided into 3 — 4 acute 2 — 4-jointed divisions, 
globules sessile (?) with one or more nucules of 9 or 10 spires. — 
A very large plant. Branchlets even 7 inches long and very 
stout. — Canals and ditches, rare. E. I. 
12. N. intricdta (A. Br. I) ; st. stout sterile branchlets 6 — 10 
once or ticice divided acute, fertile branchlets many densely 
crowded divided once or twice into 4 — 5-celled acute divisions, 
globules stalked with one or more nucules of 8 — 9 spires. — 
Known by its divided sterile branchlets. — Ponds and ditches. 
A. IV. V. E. I. 
2. Cha'ka Limi. 
* Stem composed of a single tube. 
A. Stijmlodes mdimentary, in one ring. Dioecious. 
1. C. ohtusa (Desv.) ; st. thick equal transparent its lower 
subterranean branches bearing ivhite sfarlike knobs, branchlets 
4 — 6 of 2 or 3 long joints bearing 1 or 2 unequal 1 -jointed 
bracts, stipulodes exceedingly small, nucules with 9 spires 
sub-globose. — J. of B. xix. t. 216. C. stelligera (Bauer) 
Lychnothamnus steUiger (Braun). — Very large, resembling 
N. translucens. Nucules with very thick spires and very small 
crown. — Filby and other Broads, Norf. Devon. Hants. 
Surrey. VIII. E. 
B. Stijndodes long, in one ring. Mo7ioecious. 
t [Globules abot'e the jiMcuie.-'.— Lamprothamnus.] 
2. C alopecuroides (Del.) : st. [sometimes] opaque. 3 — 5- 
jointed branchlets 6 — 8 in a whorl their terminal joints much 
the shortest and forming an acute point, stipulodes [opposite the 
branciii.] needleshaped, bracts 5 or 6 at each node equal exceed- 
ing the oval nucule of 10 — 12 spires. — .7. of B. i. t. 7. — Dark 
green, 4 — 8 in. high. Not incrusted. — In brine-pits at Newtown, 
Isle of Wight. Dorset. A. VIII. E. 
tt [Nucules above the globules.] 
IC. Brii,iin'ii (Gmel.) ; st. much branched. 4— B-Jointed brauchli'ts 6— S in a 
wliorl, stipulodes alternating with thi' branchlets, bracts 5—7 usually shorter 
than the ovate nucules. — /. oj B. xxii. (1884) p. 1, t. 242.— Often annularly 
incrusted, 0—12 in. high.— Canal, Reddish, Lane, doubtless introduced.) E. 
